Who is Austin Young?

His first known movie project was Hadda Brooks: Queen of the Boogie. He both created and directed the film, TBD, The Musical.

Best Known For

Austin is mostly recognised for his emotional art portraits which have a pop culture twist. His most famous works have been featured on magazines such as Interview, Ok, Flaunt, as well as various exhibitions.

Sexual Orientation

Austin is gay.

Family

His mother is Catherine Oppio. Austin has a brother.

Religion

Concerning his religious inclination, Austin is not very outspoken. Therefore we cannot currently confirm what religious organization he was exposed to as a child, neither can we say the personal convictions he abides by.

Worth To Know

He used to study in Paris.

Right from his childhood, being an artist was always his dream. He was inspired by album covers he saw when he was young and decided to align his career path to that field. Despite his early interest in art, his parents did not support his career goals. Nevertheless, he went ahead and attended art school but did not enjoy the learning process, therefore leading him to teach himself all he needed to know.

He credited the famous artists, Andy Warhol and John Waters for being such an enormous inspiration to him through their works of art.

He is absolutely obsessed with the art style from the late 70's and early 80's and therefore endeavours to involve them in his various works.